Another seven days passed.
Early in the morning, Qingshan traveled lightly and hurriedly down the mountain.
On the way, I saw a pile of human bones in an alcove. Judging from the shape of the pelvic bones, they were a man and a woman. The woman's bones were very brittle, like an old man. The man is a young man.
Qingshan frowned. This was a shelter from the wind and snow when the mountain was closed by heavy snow. It was a wolf den.
These two people were picked up by wolves. It happened after the weather got cold. Who is the one?
Da Jiang's body has been buried deeply, not him. Could it be that someone in the village was snatched away by a wolf?
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There was so much snow in the winter, and I don’t know what happened to the village.
Although every household should have enough food saved.
Qingshan just felt uneasy after not being in the village for two months.
He walked quickly and reached the edge of the village in a few hours.
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She released Linglong into space, and the two of them returned home hand in hand, meeting no one along the way.
Qingshan felt a little worried, something must have happened in the village.
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After entering the courtyard, I found that the door lock of the main house had been picked open.
The two looked at each other.
The house is still the same as before, nothing is missing.
Qingshan was simply cleaning up the yard when he saw the mute girl pushing the door open and coming in.
When she saw it was Qingshan and Linglong, the mute girl burst into tears.
People have lost weight to a handful of bones.
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Linglong was frightened and took a few steps over to hold her hand. "What's going on? What's wrong with you?"
Qingshan threw down the broom and pulled the mute girl to sit down, "Speak slowly."
The mute girl gestured and told what happened in the past two months.
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After Qingshan took Linglong into the mountains, it was as usual, but then it started to snow heavily. The snow covered the house, the yard was filled with snow, and the roads were blocked. All the houses have only one roof left.
People were trapped in their homes by snow and ice.
The dumb girl's warehouse is full of grain, as well as the meat left by her brother and sister-in-law. She could have ate all winter behind closed doors.
But one night, she heard a rustling sound and bravely went out with a lantern. She saw several figures carrying things and leaving along the snow path.
She chased after him, but someone destroyed the snow path in front of her door. She couldn't catch up for a while. When she checked the warehouse again, she found that it had been emptied.
After daybreak, she dug the snow path again and found that it had been dug in along the way. There was no way to know who dug the snow to steal it.
Later, Tiantian and Uncle Tian dug a snow path to see her. She told her about the situation, and Tiantian sent a bag of broken rice and a jar of pickles, and they managed to survive this winter.
After the fire at Tiantian's house, he has been relying on relatives and friends for help, and there is not much leftover food.
She was too embarrassed to ask for more, barely surviving starvation and eating just one bowl of porridge a day.
Tiantian and Kawako also came to pick her up and wanted to live together and take care of each other. Granny Sun also asked Butcher Sun to come and pick her up. There are still many good people. But she felt it was inconvenient, so she didn't go.
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Qingshan regretted not settling the mute girl properly when he left.
The mute girl finally said: Everyone in the village knows that you went into the mountains and were trapped in the mountains, not knowing whether you would live or die. Only a bad person dares to bully me like this.
But I know that my brother and sister-in-law will be fine. So I always feel there is hope. Being a little hungry is nothing, I'm not afraid.
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Qingshan nodded: "Good boy, you have suffered."
Then he asked the mute girl if there were any wolves around. The mute girl said no.
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He nodded, raised his axe, split open the wooden wall between the two houses, and chopped it into small pieces for the fire.
"Let's live together from now on. Let's see who dares to bully you. Don't worry about throwing food. Brother will definitely vent your anger."
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He went into the house and took out bags of food. In fact, they were from the space. He only said that they were hidden under the bed.
Quickly light a fire, make porridge, soak some dried mushrooms, and stew chicken with mushrooms.
The dumb girl and Linglong cleaned the bedroom.
The three of us had a warm and delicious meal.
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The mute girl asked her brother and sister-in-law how they got here this winter.
Seeing that my sister-in-law's face is rosy and full of energy, she must not have suffered.
Qingshan said, "We looked at the mountain and found a cave. It's quite comfortable in the cave. It's warm in winter and cool in summer. We also hunted a lot of wild animals. It's time to eat and sleep around the campfire."
Linglong blinked, she was really good at making things up.
The mute girl looks on with admiration, my brother is awesome.
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After dinner, the two women stayed at home to keep company and tidy up the house.
Qingshan was beating the gong and waiting in the pavilion in the middle of the village.
Everyone came out one after another. Seeing that it was Qingshan coming back, several people's expressions immediately changed.
Qingshan has a good idea.
Granny Sun and Butcher Sun exclaimed, "Qingshan, you're back! There have been several bad things in our village where food was lost."
Qingshan said, "I've heard that. Everyone knows that this winter food is human life. When the door is closed due to heavy snow in winter, this is not an ordinary theft. This is killing human life! No mercy!"
Someone who knows, one piece of news, one pound of pork. "
Butcher Sun nodded, "Isn't that right! These families who lost their grain suffered a serious crime even if they didn't starve to death. This thief must be caught!"
Several young people in the village who were recognized as being upright, including Da Gao, Chuan Zi, and even Dayang Shu and Li Guyu, formed a team, carrying the pork brought by Qingshan, and went from house to house to inquire about news.
Testimonies were gathered in less than a day.
At dusk, Qingshan beat the gong again, and everyone gathered around the pavilion. He said loudly, "Huo Yazi, my family has never exchanged pork, but has stewed pork several times. Xiao Shuanzi, the whole rice at home has been sold out, but I am eating the whole rice." Rice. It's a big boost. Obviously there isn't much food in stock. After one winter, there is still half a warehouse at home.
The three of you live close together, so you have the conditions to carry out a crime together. Is there anything to explain? "
The expressions on the faces of the three people changed, and they tried their best to deny it. One said, "My pork is bacon from the year before last."
One said, "My whole rice is old rice from the year before last."
One said, "We save money on food, but are we guilty of leaving too much?"
Qingshan nodded, "You don't admit it, right? Search the house. If the search is wrong, I'll pay the three of you and half a pig."
Several young people went to their house to open a warehouse to collect grain, and soon the villagers who had lost their things came to claim it. "This bag belongs to my family.", "This bag belongs to my family!", "This belongs to my family." "
Qingshan also saw the pickle jar he gave to the mute girl.
The three people's faces were livid, "I... we were... picked up outside..."
Qingshan snorted, "I'm really good at picking it up. Two uncles, execution!"
The three of them cried and begged for mercy, "I don't dare to do it anymore...please spare my life."
The villagers were extremely angry, "I almost killed others! You guys enjoyed it, shameless! You are not a good person on weekdays!"
Among the three, two were still unmarried at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Their parents died young and no one interceded on their behalf.
Just Xiao Shuanzi has a daughter-in-law and parents. His daughter-in-law's parents cried and begged on their knees.
The villagers stayed away with cold expressions.
Qingshan glared at the three of them, "He stole something and you ate it. If one of you in your family had stopped him, maybe we wouldn't be here today."
The three bad boys in the village were dragged to the mountains and tied to trees.
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Granny Sun sighed, "Qingshan, there are only a few men in our village, so this matter should have been severely punished to relieve everyone's anger.
But it's not the best way.
In recent years, the population of our village has become smaller and smaller. Young ones are even more precious. It's better to stay alive and let them work to compensate. "
Qingshan looked at Grandma Sun. She was a matchmaker and she knew best about matching men and women in the village.
Killing three men of seventeen or eighteen years old at once would be really detrimental to the continuation of the village.
But, what girl can follow such a bastard? Why should they continue?
Several old men and women nearby echoed, “I can’t vomit out the food even after I eat it.
Let these sinners grow food to compensate the families who suffered losses. Otherwise, these companies will suffer losses in vain. "
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